Cristobal de Inciso

Cristobal de Inciso (1611-1648) was an explorer of the Spanish Empire who founded San Rigoberto de Amazonas.

Biography
Cristobal de Inciso was born in 1611 in Alicante, Spain, and he became an explorer for the Spanish Empire. De Inciso made a voyage to the New World and founded San Rigoerto de Amazonas in northern Brazil, and he fought against Bartolomeu Cabral's colony of Banco do Sul in 1648 during the Portuguese Restoration War. He was killed when he fought Portuguese invasion forces that were disembarking on the north bank of the Amazon River, where his settlement was located.